I think you need to look up the definition because nowadays it literally means literally or figuratively. But no, we get it; language has evolved in the past few decades and you’d rather try and signal your misplaced sense of superiority than actually get with the times.

Ya it’s a nice and hearty side. I guess you could use florets as well if you wanted to, but they wouldn’t really shred so much as they’d crumble. What’s nice is a lot of times if you ask the produce department for broccoli stems they have a bunch they just throw away at night

Well I mean ya compared to western Europe pretty much all American media is centrist at best. But the WSJ isn’t “war apologia” by any means, they write a lot about the costs of foreign intervention and how complex these issues are all the time. I think you’re getting a little carried away in your generalizations. And yes, they are a capitalist paper, that doesn’t make them left or right; it’s completely oblique to the conversation at hand.

The WSJ is actually pretty middle-of-the-road nowadays with respect to American politics. Their corporate/business sections are pretty neutral but take a look at their editorials and opinion pieces and they can go either way. Pretty good publication in my book.